Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Korea South and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1964 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing Subhumans to the grunge kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by Bang On A Can. All the underground hits.
All Graham Central Station tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kango’s Stein Massive record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rosa Yemen,
Pulsallama,
The Detroit Cobras,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Spandau Ballet,
AZ,
Dual Sessions,
L. Decosne,
Brothers Johnson,
Ten City,
Chris Corsano,
8 Eyed Spy,
Stetsasonic,
Rapeman,
The Doors,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Sparks,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Clear Light,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Faust,
China Crisis,
The Alarm Clocks,
Kerri Chandler,
Sam Rivers,
Davy DMX,
The Busters,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Suburban Knight,
Magma,
Pussy Galore,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
The Techniques,
Rites of Spring,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Average White Band,
Maurizio,
Pantaleimon,
Zapp,
Gang of Four,
Slick Rick,
Lalann,
Country Teasers,
Kool Moe Dee,
Gichy Dan,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Flipper,
Mark Hollis,
Terrestrial Tones,
The Cramps,
Black Sheep,
Man Parrish,
The Young Rascals,
The Durutti Column,
LL Cool J,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The Move,
Letta Mbulu,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Terry Callier, Terry Callier, Terry Callier, Terry Callier.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.